THE ANSWERS:
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana
DES MOINES, Iowa
MONTPELIER, Vermont
PIERRE, South Dakota
NOTE: If your list included MONTGOMERY, Alabama, give yourself credit for that one as well (“Mont” is French, while the “Gomery” part of the name is German).
Others that may be on your list as well: BOISE, Idaho, and JUNEAU, Alaska.
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